Monthly Archives: September 2020
“A State Legislature Cannot Appoint its Preferred Slate of Electors to Override the Will of the People After the Election”
New analysis from the National Task Force on Election Crises.
Oops: Trump-Cohen 2020?
News from Michigan:
Local election clerks in Michigan downloading absentee ballots for residents overseas were given ballots that listed Trump’s Republican running mate as Jeremy Cohen, who is the Libertarian Party candidate for vice president. https://t.co/8PfJnTJVt2— WOOD TV8 (@WOODTV)… Continue reading
“Fragile Democracy: The Struggle over Race and Voting Rights in North Carolina”
New book from James L. Leloudis and Robert R. Korstad:
America is at war with itself over the right to vote, or, more precisely, over the question of who gets to exercise that right and under what circumstances. Conservatives speak… Continue reading
Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice (a Republican) Condemns Ohio Republican Party Attack on (Democratic) Judge in Ohio Drop Box Voting Case
Whoa:
Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor of the Supreme Court of Ohio issued the following statement today:
I condemn in the strongest possible terms both the statement released by the Ohio Republican Party on September 15, 2020, and its unsigned… Continue reading
‘Will the Election be Legit: How to Protect from Threats Foreign and Domestic’
BPC event:
September 18, 2020 from 2-3p.m. ET
There are a number of serious threats facing the elections in November. From… Continue reading
“Election Audits in NJ 2020”
Andrew Appel blogs.
Sixth Circuit Reverses Preliminary Injunction in Case Granting Relief to Some Ohio Petition Circulators
You can find the opinion in Thompson v. DeWine here. This is in line with earlier panel decisions, which I criticized in this University of Chicago Law Review Online piece.
Ohio Democrats File Contempt Motion Against Ohio Republican Party For Statement and Tweet Suggesting Judge in Dropbox Case Acting Corruptly and in Partnership with Ohio Democrats
Things have gotten even uglier in the drop box case. Read the motion.
“Whose America Is It?”
This well-researched Thomas Edsall NYT essay is my must-read piece of the day. It’s subtitled: “Apocalyptic terms” have taken over the 2020 election, with potentially dangerous implications.
I’m not going to try to post an excerpt, because it would be… Continue reading
New Election Administration Institutions
Pennsylvania, under divided government, nonetheless recently created a new “Election Advisory Board.” I’m flagging this because many of us have advocated for various forms of independent or bipartisan boards or commissions to oversee the election process. This new Board has… Continue reading
New book: “The Best Candidate: Presidential Nomination in Polarized Times”
Great lineup of contributors in this new book edited by Eugene Mazo and Michael Dimino’s, The Best Candidate: Presidential Nomination in Polarized Times. (20 percent discount from publisher with code: TBC2020)
Here is the Table of Contents:
Introduction,… Continue reading
Ohio Judge Threatens To Issue Injunction (with the Potential to Hold Ohio SOS LaRose in Contempt) If LaRose Does Not Allow Drop Boxes
I wrote yesterday that it was quite odd that SOS LaRose was not going to comply with a declaratory judgment that he has no right to block the use of drop boxes for the return of Ohio ballots. “As a… Continue reading
“Should Congress Establish an Electoral Commission to Handle Disputes over the 2020 Presidential Election?”
Ilya Somin:
It’s no secret that, if the presidential election turns out to be close, there might be serious disputes over who actually win. President Trump has repeatedly suggested he might not accept an election result that goes against… Continue reading